Compared with special relativity, general relativity is more concerned with
A) acceleration.
B) gravitation.
C) spacetime geometry.
D) all of the above
E) none of the above
Question 2
A steel bar with a cross-sectional area of 1.00 10-4 m2 is heated to 100C and then it is clamped at both ends with clamps that are 2.0 m apart.
When the bar cools to 20C what is the force exerted by the bar on the clamps? The coefficient of thermal expansion of steel is 12 10-6 K-1 and Young's modulus for steel is 20 1010 N/m2. A) 1.9 104 N
B) 3.8 104 N
C) 1.9 103 N
D) 3.8 103 N
E) 1.9 105 N